In Coimbatore, a Dalit eighth-grader was allegedly barred from her classroom during her period and forced to take her annual exam on the staircase. Following a departmental inquiry, the school ...

State school education minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said the department will support the girl and that the principal/headmistress of the school has been suspended.

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 29 (ANI): Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) President Thol Thirumavalavan on Saturday said that Chief Minister MK Stalin has pledged to introduce new ...

A resolute police officer looking into the disappearance of three Dalit girls is portrayed by Ayushmann Khurrana. The film, which was directed by Anubhav Sinha, is a compelling social critique that ...

NEW DELHI: A report has revealed that Muslims, Dalits, and Adivasis are disproportionately affected by custodial torture in India, with victims primarily coming from poor and marginalized communities.

Scholars of caste—India’s longstanding, religiously-based system of social hierarchy—will gather at Brandeis to open the third annual conference on social exclusion in South Asia on Friday, April 28.

Dalits, formerly known as untouchables, are placed on the lowest rung of India’s rigid caste hierarchy and are often targeted for discrimination by upper castes as well as institutions of state even ...

By Ethan Millman A new Miley Cyrus visual album is on the way, as Cyrus released a trailer on Tuesday for an accompanying film for her upcoming ninth studio album Something Beautiful. The trailer ...

The parents of the two minor Dalit girls were named as accused in the CBI charge sheet on January 9, earlier this year. They were charged with abetment of rape and suicide. The parents of the two ...

The Kerala High Court on Monday sought the response of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to a petition filed by the parents of two Dalit girls who were allegedly raped and murdered in Walayar ...

I was really taken by surprise at the reaction I have been getting but at the same time I think people fail to realise the strength that a Dalit girl—who can never pass as a savarna because of ...

Numerous incidents are occurring in Bihar – murders, kidnappings, robberies, rapes, and rapes of Dalit girls. When we raise these issues in the House, the ruling party prevents us from doing so.” ...